Life expectancy at birth in Asia was 63.2 years in 1988: 65.2 for women and 61.3 for men, a gap of 3.8 years. 26,908,007 people died; 33.7% of them were 65 or older and 30.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1988

Life expectancy at birth

63.2

Women

65.2

Men

61.3

Life expectancy at 65

13.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

69.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

94.6

Deaths

26,908,007

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.7

Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

233

Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

166

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1988's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1988

Deaths per 1,000 people per year in each age group. Logarithmic scale: each gridline is ten times the one below. Hover for exact values.

WomenMen

Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	70.91	74.95	65.2	61.3
1-4	7.37	6.50	68.9	65.0
5-9	2.18	2.10	66.9	62.7
10-14	1.10	1.30	62.6	58.3
15-19	1.43	1.75	57.9	53.7
20-24	1.79	2.33	53.3	49.1
25-29	2.04	2.62	48.8	44.7
30-34	2.18	2.89	44.3	40.2
35-39	2.57	3.54	39.7	35.8
40-44	3.51	4.97	35.2	31.4
45-49	4.82	7.28	30.8	27.1
50-54	7.23	11.16	26.5	23.0
55-59	10.59	16.42	22.4	19.2
60-64	17.57	26.42	18.4	15.6
65-69	27.46	40.50	14.9	12.4
70-74	43.65	62.72	11.7	9.7
75-79	69.66	96.77	8.9	7.3
80-84	111.95	150.91	6.6	5.4
85-89	172.49	225.47	4.9	4.0
90-94	263.35	322.42	3.5	3.0
95-99	370.58	418.67	2.6	2.3
100+	481.28	515.38	2.1	1.9

Mortality in Asia by year

Mortality in Asia, 1988

Year

Country